From the San Diego Union Tribune - an interesting article on funding for arts education in the public schools in the San Diego area and in California as a whole:<P><B>Reviewing arts education is an art</B><P>May 6, 2001 <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>In a joint news conference last week, Delaine Eastin, state superintendent of public instruction; the California Arts Council; and Assembly Majority Leader Kevin Shelley announced their intention to restore arts education to the state's K-12 public school curriculum.<P>"The importance of arts education to academic and social success is reported in study after scientific study," said Lavonne McBroom, president of the California State PTA. "It's time to face the music," she added, proving that even a bad pun can be artistic.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR><A HREF="http://uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/sun/news/news_1n6futedge.html" TARGET=_blank><B>MORE...</B></A><BR>

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Many explanations have been offered for the dire straits affecting the contemporary classical music industry. But one stands out as the most critical: the deep cuts in public schools' music education programs. <a href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030831/music_nm/music_classical_dc_2 target=_blank>more on Yahoo</a>

THIS PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR ACTUAL CAREERS IN THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

Anita Amirrezvani San Jose Mercury News

At 8:30 a.m. on a typical Monday at the Oakland School for the Arts, Ashley Lecair, 16, is learning an African song called ``Zingela'' with other members of the school choir. <a href=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/performing_arts/8062265.htm target=_blank>more</a>

S.F. State puts new targets on its budget hit list Engineering school survives; 10 other fields not so lucky

Tanya Schevitz, Chronicle Staff Writer

San Francisco State University's engineering school won't be closed next year, as threatened earlier, but degrees in dance, social work and Russian language and literature appear headed for the budget chopping block.

Reminds me of Yale's planned budget cuts in the early 1990's. Same story: rather than across-the-board cuts, the administration decided to eliminate a few programs and focus more on Yale's "core strengths." One of those programs was engineering. Engineering has never been big at Yale, but it DID have a long history.

To make a long story short, just about everybody on campus --- faculty and students --- rebelled. The entire administration ended up resigning within about a month of each other. And Engineering is still alive and well at Yale.

A group of sight-impaired students at Glenview Elementary School has been working with dance instructors and other pupils to master Brazilian and Mexican folkloric traditions, thanks to a grant from Oakland for the Arts. <a href=http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/counties/alameda_county/cities_neighborhoods/montclair/10491929.htm target=_blank>more</a>

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